state socialism
the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
Origin of state socialism
1Other words from state socialism
- state socialist, noun
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How to use state socialism in a sentence
Newsflash for the sentimental leftists polluting my Twitter timeline with Chavez apologia: state socialism doesn't work.
Conservatives, he said, were “shrieking to high heaven,” attacking the New Deal as “state socialism.”
Mazzini carefully dissociated himself alike from the laissez-faire school and a despotic state socialism.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingBut his proposals for state settlements were what we should call state socialism to-day.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsBut under a system of state socialism the situation would be wholly changed.
A Critical Examination of Socialism | William Hurrell Mallock
His ministry had, however, passed one important measure which individualists regarded as an act of state-socialism.
But by the growth of state socialism the economic power of the private capitalists is steadily weakened.
Violence and the Labor Movement | Robert Hunter
British Dictionary definitions for state socialism
a variant of socialism in which the power of the state is employed for the purpose of creating an egalitarian society by means of public control of major industries, banks, etc, coupled with economic planning and a social security system
Derived forms of state socialism
- state socialist, noun
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